Sharon Osbourne

Sharon Osbourne (b. Sharon Rachel Arden in London October 9, 1952) is a British music promoter and TV personality. She is the daughter of rock and roll entrepreneur Don Arden and his wife Hope, the wife and manager of rock singer Ozzy Osbourne, and the mother of Aimee Osbourne, Jack Osbourne, and Kelly Osbourne.

Sharon and Ozzy

Sharon met met Ozzy Osbourne at age 17 while working as a receptionist for her father, who was the manager of Ozzy's band Black Sabbath. When Ozzy was fired from Black Sabbath in 1979, Sharon took over his management and guided him through a successful solo career. In 1996 she created the Ozzfest summer touring festival.

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Black Sabbath - 1979 - 1996 - Ozzfest

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Sharon and Ozzy were married in Maui, Hawaii on July 4 1982. They bought out Ozzy's contract from her father in that year for GBP 1.5 million, a move that tarnished her relationship with her father for nearly 20 years. Sharon was so estranged from her parents that when her mother died in 1998 she had not met her grandchildren, and Sharon did not attend the funeral. However, Sharon and her father were reconciled in 2001 after Sharon had glimpsed him on a Los Angeles Street.

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Maui, Hawaii - July 4 - 1982 - GBP - 1998 - 2001

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